christie declared an emergency a few days before the storm hit. president obama signed a declaration that was a critical first step. sometimes the bureaucracy moves very slowly and the people on the ground who need help do not get it as soon as they should. the president the republic plea to the whole nation and here in my district, he has the director of fema with him, mr. fugate, and he directed them that there was to be no nonsense. they gave us telephone number to call if there were any problems going on and we have our fingers crossed. some of the counties are still doing assessments. the bayfront communities did their assessment yesterday and i expect have an emergency declaration from them. we are trying to slowly get back to normal. host: will there be enough funding to cover the damages? what do you think will happen in terms of what you, as a member of congress, will have to return for the lame-duck session here coming up? guest: that's a question i'm getting frequently and we do not know exactly because we do not know the total related